The debate over which is best - preparing a simple will and then probating or setting up a living trust to avoid probate - continues on? Each of these procedures has its advantages and disadvantages. If a person has a small estate, sometimes it costs less to prepare a simple will and then go through the basic Idaho probate process than it does to prepare a living trust. Of course, another factor is who you have do it. You can find reasonable priced attorneys to help with both and you can also find very expensive ones. One problem with living trusts is that unless people keep them updated by transferring new property or assets they acquire during their life time into the trust, they may still have to probate the assets they didn't put in the trust. To put it another way, if you are trying to avoid probate by using a trust, you must transfer all property into the trust. Otherwise, you will have some property owned by the trust and some not. The property not owned by the trust will likely still need to go through the probate process. On the other hand, Trusts are particularly helpful if you have a person you want to inherit property but the person is incapacited or will likely be unable to manage the property. Then you can select a trustee to do it for them. However, most trustees, at least commercial ones like bankers, charge a good fee to manage the property and this can eat up the asset value of the trust.The bottom line is that there are some circumstances where a trust may best suit your needs and some where a simple will and probate will be best. You need to explore these circumstances with a knowledgable professional. Idaho Probate Attorney Robert Montgomeryhttp://www.incsource101.com/idahoprobate/index.html